[NOTE: It seems that since I've reviewed "Lowroad," Carlos G. has revamped his site, and it's now "The Amazing Adventures of the Bottemleys." The original "Lowroad" is still available for download at his site, but in *.RAR or *.ZIP format. Thus, this review is still valid. It's just that all the links in this review ain't gonna work no more. ---- El Santo, 1/19/08]
[NOTE 2: I have uploaded the referenced links onto this site. All the links should work now ... it just doesn't go to the Lowroad site like they used to. --- El Santo, 2/25/08]
So, it’s come to this.
When I began the The Webcomic Overlook, I wanted to avoid duplicating any of the subject in John Solomon’s excellent blog, Your Webcomic Is Bad and You Should Feel Bad. After all, there are tons of webcomics out there. I have yet to review such items as the long-running 8-Bit Theater, Brooke McEldowney’s Pibgorn, The Lore Brand Comics, the Lego-based Irregular Webcomic, and of course Dave Willis’ excellent Shortpacked!
However, I have a lot of catch-up to do on those strips. In some cases, I have to read up on a year or two of backlog. In other cases, I haven’t gone to the beginning to see the early days of the strip.
I am deeply ashamed that I have read today’s subject from beginning to end, and it’s all the fault of John Solomon’s review. To sum it up, he said that this was a terrible webcomic. He was right. Yet, there is some strangely compelling, some might say evil, power that manages to propel the reader to plow ahead, knowing fully that every additional page read was slowly eating away at his soul.
If you want to read a quality review, check out Solomon’s review. For the rest of you, I give you the Rooktopia review of … Lowroad.
